Railway-car cuspidor.



No. 805,995. 1- PATENTED'NOV. 29,1905

H. H; PIPER.

. RAILWAY GAR OUSPIDOR. AIfPLIO'A-TION FILED JUNE 15, 1996.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

' Application filed June 15,1905. Serial No. 265,419.

1'0 owl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT H. PIPER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Jackson, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Oar Ouspidors, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a railway-car cuspidor; and the object of 'mytinvention is to arrange a housing'beneath each seat of a coach and provide the same with a series of cuspidors, and to provide drains for all of said cuspidors and to locate suitable disinfectanttubes in each housing.

My invention consists in certain new and novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, that will be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims, andv street-car and showing my invention applied to said car. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the casing that is positioned beneath each seat and in which is arranged the drawers or boxes that are utilized as cuspidors- Fig. 8 is a transverse section taken approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken on the'line 4 4; of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the drawers or boxes that is utilized as a cuspidor. Fig. 7 is an enlarged transverse section taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 4 and showing the drawer or box withdrawn in dotted lines. 1

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 1 indicate the seat-frames, the same being supported in the usual manner by the legs 2. These seat-framesare provided with the inwardly-projecting flanges 3, which support the outwardly-projecting flanges 4, formed on the top edges of the side and end walls of the casing 5 of my'improved device. This casing is preferably'construct-ed of sheet metal and comprises the end chambers 6, which occupy transverse positions at the-ends of the car-seat, and these end chambers are joined by the longitudinally-extending chamber 7 Formed integral with and projecting laterally the bottom thereofare the gutters 10, that are deepest at the center of said chamber 7 and there communicate with a discharge-opening 11, from which leads downwardly a dischargepipe 12. All of the pipes 12 lead downwardly through the floor of the car and are connected to a single drain-pipe 13, that runs the entire length of the car and is provided at one end with a catch-basin 14, closed at the bottom by a hinged plate 15.

All of the matter deposited in the cuspidors will pass from the discharge-pipes 12 into the pipe 13 and finally into the catch-basin 14:, and at the end of the run or at any suitable point the contents of the catch-basin may be discharged by opening the lower end thereof.

Arranged to slide in each end of each chamber 6 is a rectangular drawer or open-topped box 16, the inner end thereof being open, and formed in the bottom of each box is a gutter 17, the inner end of which is the lowest in order: that matter deposited in the box will travel therethrough and discharge from theopen end into the gutters 9.

Retractile coil-springs-18 are secured to the inner ends of the boxes 16 adjacent their sides, the opposite ends of which springs are secured to the bottoms of the chambers 6. These coilsprings normally hold the drawers or boxes 16 in their innermost positions and also prevent any rattling of said boxes in the chambers 6.

Formed in the outer side wall of each drawer or box is a -longitudinally-extending groove 19, andin the front .end of each groove, is pivotally held between a pairs of cars 20 a rod 21, that extends rearwardly through the groove and is provided with a tooth 22 upon its rear end. Interposed between the rear end of this arm and the side wall of the drawer or box 16 is an expansive coil-spring 23. The front end of the arm 21 is bent at right angles to the main body portion thereof and extends half-way across the front of the drawer or box 16, as indicated by 23, and is pro-' vided on its end with a finger-hold 24. Adjacent this finger-hold 24 and secured to the front of the box or drawer 16 is an oppositely-arranged finger-hold 25. Formed in the outer side walls of each of the compartments 6 are longitudinally-extending grooves 26, occupying the same planes as do the grooves 19, and in each of said grooves 26 is located ratchet-plate 27, the teeth of which are in opposition to the tooth 22- on the end of the arm 21.

Located in each pocket 8 is a suitable disinfectant-box 28, and leading therefrom inwardly toward the gutters 10 are the discharge-spouts 29. The tube 30 discharges into the compartment 6 nearest the side of the car, and said pipe 30 is connected to a flushing-pipe 31, that extends along the side of the car between the walls thereof and which may be connected at one end to a suitable source of water-supply.

When it is desired to make use of my improved cuspidor,ithe finger-holds 24: and 25 are engaged by the thumb and finger, and by so doing the arm 21 is swung upon its pivotpoint and the end thereof carrying the tooth 22 is moved backwardly and into the groove 19, out of the way of the teeth of the ratchetplate 27, and by so doing compressing the coil-spring 23. The drawer or box 16 is now pulled outwardly against the action of its retractile coil-springs 18, and when said drawer or box has been pulled outwardly a sufficient distance the pressure of the thumb and forefinger upon the finger-holds 24L and 25 is released, and as a result the expansive coilspring 23 will force the arm outwardly and carry the tooth 22 on the end of the arm 21 into one of the notches between the teeth and the ratchet-plate 27, and thus a drawer or box ,.will be heldoutwardly against the pull of the rectractile coil-springs 18. The cuspidor is now in a position to be used, and all matter deposited into the drawer or box 16 will pass downwardly through the gutter 17 therein and discharge therefrom into the gutter 9. When it is desired to close the cuspidor or allow the drawer or box to return to its normal position, the finger-holds 24 and 25 are manually engaged, and as a result the tooth 22 is disengaged from between the tooth of the ratchet-plate 27, and the power stored in the coil-springs 18 will now act to pull the drawer or box inwardly to its normal position. The matter deposited in the gutters 9 will travel therefrom downwardly through the gutters 10 and finally discharge through the aperture 11, discharge-pipe 12, and finally into the pipe 13 and from thence into the catch-basin 14, The disinfectant discharging from the spouts 29 will act in the usual manner upon the matter within the cuspidor and will destroy all odor and germs that might Otherwise arise therefrom. When it is desired to flush all of the cuspidors, water is allowed to discharge from the pipe 81 through the pipes 30 and into all of the cuspidors. hen it is desired to discharge the contents of the catch-basin-for instance, at the end of the run of the carthe plate 15, that closes the lower end of said catch-basin, is unlocked and allowed to swing downwardly to allow the contents of said catch-basin to pass into a suitable receptacle.

An improved cuspidor for railway-coaches and street-cars of my improved construction is simple, inexpensive, easily operated, and occupies an out-of-the-way place beneath each car-seat.

The'receiving drawers or boxes of the cuspidor are normally hid from view, and all of said cuspidors are self -draining and can be very readily cleaned. All of the matter placed in the cuspidors is subjected to the action of a suitable disinfectant, and the entire apparatus provides a very sanitary attachment for railway-coaches and street-cars.

I claim- 1. Ina cuspidor for railway-coaches and street-cars, a casing, a discharge-pipe leading therefrom; drawers arranged to slide in said casing, there being gutters formed in the bottoms of said drawers, and there being gutters formed in the bottom of the casing that grad ually decline toward the discharge-opening,substantially as specified.

2. In a cuspidor for railway-coaches and street-cars, a casing adapted to be positioned beneath a car-seat, a series of drawers arranged to slide in said casing, means whereby said drawers are held in a closed position, means whereby said drawers are held in an open position; adischarge-spoutleadingdownwardly from the center of the casing, there being gutters formed in the bottom of the casing that decline toward said discharge-spout, and there being gutters formed in the bottoms of the drawers, and suitable disinfectant-tubes located in the casing adjacent the dischargespout, substantially as specified.

3. In a railway-ear cuspidor, a casing removably positioned in the frame of a car-seat, there being gutters formed in the bottom of the casing that gradually decline toward a discharge-opening, drawers arranged to slide in said casing, there being gutters formed in the bottoms of said drawers to correspond with the gutters in the bottom of the casing, and retractile coil-springs secured to the drawers and to the casing for normally holding said, drawers in a closed position; substantially as specified.

4. In a railway-car cuspidor, a casing removably positioned in the frame of a car-seat, there being gutters formed in the bottom of the casing that gradually decline toward a discharge-opening, drawers arranged to slide in said casing, there being gutters formed in the bottoms of said drawers to correspond with In testimony whereofI have signed my name the gutters in the bottom of the casing, retothisspecification in presenceof twosubscribtractile coil-springs secured tothe drawers ing' witnesses.

and to the casing for normally holding said HERBERT H. PIPER. 5 drawers in a closed position, and means where- Witnesses: 1

by said drawers are held open; substantially WILLIAM B. SGHAEFER,

as specified. JOHN G. HEINBERG. 

